Brake-rod support for automobiles.



A. c. DANVER.

BRAKE ROD SUPPORT-FOR Al JTOMOBiLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 7, 1915i.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

ANDREW C. DANVER, 0F PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

BRAKE-ROD SUPPORT FbR AUTOMOBILES;

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed November 7, 1913. Serial N ol 799,639.

To all whom it may concern B'e' it known that I, ANDREW C. DANVER,

'a citizen of the United States, residing at 8 Humes street, Pawtucket,in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Brake-Rod Supports forAutomobiles, of which the following is a specifi-' cation.

My invention relates to improvements in brake-rod supports forautomobiles, and the purpose of my invention'is to provide a supportwhich can be applied to the brake-rod at any portion thereof between itstwo extremities without the necessity of disconnecting the brake-rod,and which can also be attached to some fixed portion of the frame workof the automobile in the same manner. 1

Another object of my invention is to provide a support that will holdthe brake-rod securely and prevent its rattling, without in any mannerinterfering with its longitudinal movement. I y

I accomplish these results by the device shown in the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of my device having theportion adjacent to the brake-rod cut away. Fig. 2 is a partialsectional view of the support cut in a plane at right angles to thedirection of the brake-rod, 'while F ig.

3 is a view showing the manner in which thesupport is fixed to someimmovable member ofvthe automobile.

The same parts are indicated by the same letters throughout the severalviews.

In Fig. 1 f is a portion of a brake-rod,

of the U being capable ;of being drawn together by means of the bolt h,Figs. 1 and 2.

9 1n Fig. 3 represents a section of a torsion rod enclaspedi by the U!shaped extremity a of the brake-rod support. .The main body of thedevice a iscircular in cross section and consists essentially of anelongated tube, the. tubular portion being shown at a throughout thevarious views. Within the tubular portion a is the spiral spring b. Thisspring is-held place and is compressible by the ball 0 iwhicli is anordinary steel ball loosely fitting in the 1 tube a 7 d is a plug orstop holding the brake-rod f in place against-the ball 0 by; means of acotter pin e.

In all the brake-rod supports known to this applicant the only way ofattaching the support to the brake-rod is by disconnecting one end ofthe rod from its connections and sliding the support over it, a veryawkward and inconvenient operation to perform; my device remediesthis'and enables the support to be easily applied to the. rod at anyportion thereof by simply removing the stop (Z and introducing thebrake-rod through the slot at In Figs. 1 and 3, the part to which thesupport is clamped is the torsion rod 9,

and the support is applied to this by removing the bolt a and gsliding Oen end together whilerg is the torsion rod of an automobile, cient toprevent lateral inovem t but not the support being in this particularinstance such as to prevent the movemen f of the rod adapted to fit saidtorsion rod, although it 7 ir the direction of its length. l may beequally well adapted to fit some The shape of the stop d is important,beother fixed portion of an automobile. cause if the stop all wereperfectly flat at the 11 represents the support as a whole, whichextremity in contact with f there would be consists essentially of atubular body a hava' tendency for the rod f to cramp or bind ingopposite portions of its sidewall out in the support unlessthere wereperfect paraway by the slot a seen best'in Fig. 3, the allelism betweenthe face of the stop 01 and width of this slot being suchas to, adniitrthe axis o the rod 7. Ihave therefore made easily the brake-rodtherein. JIhe extremity the groove of the stop d convex toward the ofthe su port/adjacent to'thebrake-rod is' brake-rod, as shown in. "Fig.2. iiIt will somewha)? eyi'l rged, as wi I be then in the thus be/seenthat a considerable laitude is drawings, an the extremity which isapallowed in the relative positions oFthe plied or afli dtosomefstanding portionof' brake-rod and the support without icensingthe vehicle isii sha ed, as shown 'at a the rod to bind in the latter,inasmuch as through ,thevaiious gures, the two limbs the only contactbetween the sl ipport'kand with grease of a proper consistency,thuskeeping the points of contact between the rod 7' and the adjacentparts of the support suitably lubricated. 1H device is made preferablyof metal.

' Having now described my invention, what 7 I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. In a brake-rod support for automobiles,

a convexly grooved member forming a bearing for one side of thebrake-rod; a ball forming a bearing for the opposite side of said rod;and means for retaining said ball and grooved member in fixed relationto some fixed member of the automobile, substantially as set forth.

2. Abram-rod support for automobiles comprising a tubnlaininember havingat one end-a slot adapted to admit a brake-rod laterally, andt'erminating at its other end in a clamp adapted to receive and to besecured to some fixed portion of the vehicle; both said clamp and saidslot being attachable to their respective contents at any point of thelatter intermediate their ends; and means for establishing a slidingcontact be tween said support and said brake-rod and for holding thelatter in place and permitting free longitudinal movement thereof,substantially as described.

3. In av brake-rod support for auton'iobiles, a tubular body having oneend slotted so as to admit of the lateral introduction of the brake-rod;a spiral spring; within the tubular body; and contact members for saidbrake-rod consisting of a ball situated between said rod and saidspring, and a convexly grooved stop in contact with said rod oppositesaid ball, substantialh as set forth 4. A brake-rod supportforautomobiles consisting of a tubular body, open at one end andterminating at said open end in a slot adapted to permit the lateralintroduction of the brake-rod at any point of the latter; and at theother end 'in a clamp attachable to a fixed'member of the automobile; aspiral spring within the tubular bod of the support; a ball situatedbetween said rod and said spring; and a removable, conrexly groored stopsuitably retained in the slotted end of said support and operating tohold said rod in place and maintain a suitable tension between said rodand said spring, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREX" G. DAXYER.

lvitnesses Beacon M. DEXTER, J. l. A. NOLAN.

